Hi Aroma Friends,

February has always been known as the most depressing month of the year. We can change that by setting goals. We cannot beat the weather, but we can make plans, do fun things, and visit or call fun people. Learn something new. Push yourself through that feeling of wishing you were a bear who needs to go to sleep until spring.

My New Year's Resolution is goal setting and trying to look after me. I've looked after people all of my life, but I have problems when it comes to taking care of myself. I have taken the first step and treated myself to some Melissa to diffuse around the house, telling myself "I am worth it". I come from a background where things were saved for best...well, no more! The candles which were not exactly saved for best, but saved because they were so pretty, are now being lit and enjoyed.

Valentine's Day will soon be here. Make yourself a signature blend with some of the aphrodisiac oils. If you are sending a card, put a drop of essential oil on the card. If you are going out for a romantic meal, wear it as your perfume and have a few absorbent cards that you can tuck in your purse, pocket and shoe.

If you are having a quiet evening at home and are too tired to make a fuss, buy some artisan chocolate. Put the chocolates on a small plate with a napkin on it and put 1 drop of rose essential oil on the napkin. The aroma molecules will be absorbed by the chocolate.

How about treating your sweetheart to a massage? Add your blend to some carrier oil and you will both enjoy the aphrodisiac aroma.

Aphrodisiac oils to choose from: Rose, Jasmine, Geranium, and Ylang Ylang. If these oils are too flowery for you, Mandarin, Nutmeg, Palmarosa and Grapefruit go really well with them.